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State agencies ask for budget increases, Regents request most
Most of Arizona’s state agencies are hoping to claw back funding cuts from their budgets earlier this year, according to agency budget requests submitted for fiscal year 2026. Though lawmakers […]
Departments jockey to create the most compelling pleas for money
A new helicopter, more prison beds, money to pay utility bills – state agencies sent the Governor’s Office their annual budget requests detailing big and small priorities they hope the governor will include in his executive budget proposal to lawmakers in January.
Corp Comm seeks money to raise investigators’ pay
The Arizona Corporation Commission wants to bump up pay for its securities investigators, which the agency says it continues to lose to other departments that pay better.
Revenues exceed forecasts by $322M, but state leaders reluctant to call it a surplus
Six straight months of revenues exceeding projections has some lawmakers hoping to reverse the impact of Gov. Doug Ducey’s budget cuts, but the Governor’s Office has signaled that agency heads and legislators shouldn’t get their hopes up.
DOC seeks millions more to deal with rising prison population
A swelling prisoner population is driving millions of dollars in requested budget increases for the Arizona Department of Corrections.
